Vcarved plaque with inlay

Post by **Gnarly Gnu** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:46 am

Seeing as it has been a bit quiet I thought I might post a plaque I carved for my mothers birthday. Been mostly doing boring stuff - cutting slots, perforations and lots of nested parts - since I bought Vcarve so this was a little different.

It was cut from some 2nd hand Australian Oak which is a tough (but somewhat nasty to work with) timber that grows mostly in Van Diemens Land, an island to the south of Australia. Not the best for carving but it was laying about.... besides we don't have much variety of timber to choose from here.

The inlay is Jarrah, a heavy and tough timber that grows in the wild west of Oz. It actually machines quite well & doesn't splinter as much as the Oak. Thanks to Paul & others who came up with this very neat inlay method, it really requires no skill - very handy when none is available! Stuck them together with PVA..... possibly should have used something a bit stronger but I'll see how it lasts.

The Oak took the Techno 4 1/2 minutes to cut and the inlay took 15 using a 60 deg 1/2 inch Centurion bit. Machined the top off with a fly cutter, sanded and a couple of coats of acid-cat clear. I was surprised the little inlay dots came out so well, they are only 10 or 11mm in diametre but this part was flawless. The only minor problem was where the stem got down to only about 2mm wide in cross grain but with a PVA/ Jarrah sawdust filler you can't really pick it.

Chris
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Post by **Phil** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:42 pm

Very nice.

Post by **CRFultz** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:14 pm

Nice work Chris...thanks for sharing

Chuck

Post by **GripUs** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:08 am

Very nice work, Chris. Thanks for sharing. I needed the message today, too.

Joe

Post by **TReischl** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:57 pm

Gorgeous work! Thanks for posting it.

Post by **Roly** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:11 am

Lovely work Chris
Its good to see the Tasmanian oak or Mountain Ash as it is called here being put to such good use. Mostly around here it is turned into chip or fence palings.

Have to disagree with the lack of good timber however. I got my hands on a good bit of Cyprus pine the other day and it comes up beautifully as does what the locals here call Hickory which is actually a very close neighbout to Tasmanian Blackwood.

Anyway it is good to see other people from Aussie doing such lovely work.

Roly
From Batlow

Post by **DougO** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:44 am

Very nice job. Your mother will be proud of your work.

Post by **Gnarly Gnu** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:28 am

Thanks for the above comments!

DougO wrote:Very nice job. Your mother will be proud of your work.

Ha, because Vcarve makes this so simple there really isn't any skill on my part so I was carefull to explain that it was all done on a CNC router. Besides my Father is a retired cabinet maker and he knows I'm no good at woodwork!

Not only that but my wife designed the layout - this is a bit embarrassing see? Now she is thinking about all sorts of funky things she wants me to make / cut for home.

Chris

Post by **Paul Z** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:29 pm

Great work! Is the inlay made from one or multiple pieces of wood?

Paul Z

Post by **Gnarly Gnu** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:53 pm

Paul Z wrote:Great work! Is the inlay made from one or multiple pieces of wood?

Paul Z

Thanks Paul, the inlay is one from piece of 12 x 5 x 1 inch Jarrah. I shifted the LH flower in closer to save material and reduce cutting time then cut the inlay into two parts prior to gluing (the plaque is about 15 inches long) if that makes sense.

Chris

Post by **Gnarly Gnu** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:55 pm

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Post by **studysession** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:59 pm

Very nice work.